Six Nations 2010: Who hates England the most?

The Grudge recalls the days when Scotland v England was marked by bitter hatred (Photo: PA)

Joe Worsley reckons that the hostility in the air in Edinburgh when England are in town is tangible.

Tom English, author of a must-read book on Scotland's 1990 Grand Slam victory, entitled ' The Grudge,' dug deep into the background of that game and its virulent anti-Thatcher, anti-poll tax, anti-anything Sassenach overtones.

In those days, there was most certainly an antipathy there, hatred even. Is it still the same? Do the Welsh get as wound-up as once they did? The Irish? Is French disdain for les rosbifs what it was? If not, why not? Is it because England are no longer the threat that once they were? Has the championship lost its edge as a result, its knockabout pantomine routine of bagging the English?

The tournament has been a bit flat this year? Is this the reason? It can't be, surely?